inert

From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɜːt/, /ɪˈnɜːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɝt/, /ənˈɝt/, /ɪˈnɝt/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

inert (comparative more inert, superlative most inert)

1. Unable to move or act; inanimate.

   Synonyms: dormant, immovable; see also Thesaurus:inactive, Thesaurus:immobile

   • 2018 February 21, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018:

     "As for the other forms of magic, previous systems of magic are now accessible if one knows how to do so, though no human alive should know how. This does mean some magical objects and wands rendered inert by previous changes will work again."

2. Sluggish or lethargic.

   Synonyms: ponderous, slothful; see also Thesaurus:lazy, Thesaurus:slow

3. (chemistry) Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.

   Synonym: unreactive

4. Having no therapeutic action.

• inertia

inert (plural inerts)

1. (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.

inert (third-person singular simple present inerts, present participle inerting, simple past and past participle inerted)

1. To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.

• terin, riten., inter-, n-tier, -retin, -retin-, inter, Inter, retin, Trine, nitre, niter, Tiner, Terni, trine

Learned borrowing from Latin inertem.

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [iˈne̞rt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [iˈnɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iˈnɛɾt]

inert (feminine inerta, masculine plural inerts, feminine plural inertes)

1. inert

• gas inert
• inertament

• inèrcia

• “inert”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “inert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “inert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “inert”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From Latin iners.

inert (plural and definite singular attributive inerte)

1. (rare) inert

   Synonym: inaktiv

• inerti

• “inert” in Den Danske Ordbog

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inert (strong nominative masculine singular inerter, comparative inerter, superlative am inertesten)

1. inert

• “inert” in Duden online
• “inert”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Borrowed from French inerte, a learned borrowing from Latin iners.

inert m or n (feminine singular inertă, masculine plural inerți, feminine/neuter plural inerte)

1. inert